Line of the Year (2008)

Secretary of Treasury Henry Paulson

“I won't bet against the American people. We're an entrepreneurial people, a hard-working people, and we will work through this, we always do. I wouldn't bet against the American people, and I wouldn't bet against the long-term fundamentalists of this country.”

Representative Rahm Emanuel (D-IL)

“The challenges are big enough that there's going to be an ability for people of both parties, as well as independents, to contribute ideas to help meet the challenges on health care, energy, tax reform, education. That is the tone. That is the policy. And that is exactly how we're going to go forward.”